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Re: ubuntu touch for x86 tablet?

 

I don't think that is Ubuntu Touch in the tutorial you are referring to.
That's the normal Ubuntu desktop edition.

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*Sayantan Das*

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On 2 June 2013 03:44, Rasmus Eneman <Rasmus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> http://www.geek.com/microsoft/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-the-surface-pro-1539262/
> Ubuntu Touch as in Unity 8 works great on x86.
> However there are no prebuilt images or any guide on how to set it up as
> your primary desktop.
> But this will come later on, right now the focus is to develop it.
>
>
> 2013/6/1 Lars Christian Schmidt <kallewhoever@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>> I googled for this CPU while evaluating to buy a Windows 8 tablet and
>> found out this CPU does  not support Linux in an way. Somehow its enough
>> x86 for the tablet version of Windows but not a true x86CPU at all. We need
>> linux in this new Tablet Atom before we can have Ubuntu Touch on the
>> whole Tablet. Please share futher research, I am very intrested in this
>> topic. Beste regards.
>> Am 31.05.2013 22:59 schrieb "Joey Carlini" <moocow1452@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> Assuming it's all the same software stack once you get past Unity Next,
>>> it should be as simple as flipping some switches in a mainlined distroto get a touch-idealized one, considering something like the Surface Pro.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Omar B. <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is all about screen size and peripherals.
>>>>
>>>> without a mouse/KB why would you want to use mouse/kb apps on a
>>>> touchscreen ?
>>>>
>>>> if android can work on x86, why can't u-touch ? why give them also
>>>> that market to themselves ?
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 20:59:11 +0100
>>>> From: ryanteck@xxxxxxxxx
>>>> To: shanekpiper@xxxxxxxxx; ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] ubuntu touch for x86 tablet?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If anything most tablets that run x86 would be better off using Ubuntu
>>>> desktop in my view. Will ubuntu touch allow this?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 31 May 2013 10:04, shane piper <shanekpiper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Is there really any need as Ubuntu is touch orientated as it is now.
>>>> On 31 May 2013 08:07, "Ryan Walmsley" <ryanteck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In some ways the question would be how much would x86 be used?
>>>>
>>>> As far as I know there is only 1 android device with an x86 CPU in for
>>>> sale in my local phone shops (Razer I) and is known to have problems, this
>>>> also leads to the question on why most android devices have an ARM CPU and
>>>> is it worth porting Ubuntu Touch to x86?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 16 May 2013 22:22, Alexander Antimonov <
>>>> alexander.antimonov.od.ua@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 6:09 AM, Zhang Weiwu <zhangweiwu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Sorry for the noise -- there is no search feature on
>>>> lists.launchpad.net's
>>>> > mailing list archive so I had to risk asking what had been answered.
>>>>
>>>> Google -> site:lists.launchpad.net ubuntu touch for x86 tablet
>>>>
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